Cong demands answers on ex-Twitter CEO’s claim of pressure from Centre during farmers’ stir

New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday said the government should stop “suppressing” social media and journalists after ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed the platform was threatened with shutdown unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts during the farmers’ protest.

The Centre has, however, rubbished the charges, saying Dorsey’s Twitter regime had a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law.

Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, made the sensational allegation in an interview with the YouTube news show Breaking Points on Monday